Crazy, Stupid Love is a comedic study of love in all forms. The insanity, the ups and downs, and highs and lows.
The film begins with Emily (Julianne Moore) telling Cal (Steve Carell) that she wants a divorce over dessert at a restaurant. She informs him that she cheated on him on the car ride home which sends him jumping out of the moving car in a simultaneously hilarious and heart breaking scene. The sad-sack Cal moves out and spends his time at a lounge bar talking to himself.
Cal is then noticed by the smooth ladies man Jacob (Ryan Gosling) who picks up a lady of his choice every night at this bar. He takes Cal on as a student and teaches him to pick up women. Cal slowly and humorously realizes he has these skills and becomes very good at it.
As Cal goes on to be a pick-up artist, Jacob ends up meeting a girl he truly loves and leaves his old life behind.
Carell is extremely likeable and sympathetic as Cal. Jacob is an awful but likeable teacher and we begin to understand why he is the way he is when he meets Hanna (Emma Stone).
The story is full of parallel ideas of love between two people who can’t be together and fighting for your one true love. The stories of Jacob and Cal come crashing together in a hilarious, if at times unbelievable meeting. Despite the unbelievability this is an excellent and well made movie with nice characters who ended up in ridiculous circumstances. Love is confounding and the ideas of wanting what we cannot have, destroying a good thing that we have and finding what we truly want are all presented here.
I really enjoyed the acting and thought all the characters were excellent.
***1/2 3 and half stars
Directors – Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Filmic Brevity 
Good Review! Overall, the film is too conventional for my liking. It needed to be sharper, wittier, and funnier. But for average summer fare, it’s okay. It’s far from perfect and runs on the long side, but rom-com and chick flick lovers will likely be satisfied. Check out my site when you can please!
Yeah the script could have been tighter, but I disagree that it was conventional. The movie does run a little long so I agree there for sure. Can you link your site so I can check it out?